On Jan. 22, the 2025 Students for Life March and Rally will take place in part on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul and then on the Capitol steps from 12:30-1 p.m.
Regardless of the weather, they held signs for an hour each Thursday urging adoption, respect for life and help for pregnant mothers. They prayed the Divine Mercy chaplet. They answered questions when asked.
Leaving the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul after the Jan. 22 Prayer Service for Life with her 6-month-old daughter and 2-year-old son in a stroller, Kaleisha Adamson said she attended because she wanted others to realize the blessing and privilege of having children.
As the fight to end abortion continues, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) is again sponsoring its annual March for Life at the State Capitol Jan. 22.
Graffiti including the words “Abort America” and “Jesus loves Abortion,” along with two broken windows in the backdoor greeted volunteers at a Birthright crisis pregnancy center in St. Paul July 5.
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life said pro-life advocates in the state “will keep working — harder than ever — to protect unborn children and support their mothers” in light of the draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case that was leaked and published in Politico May 2.
The number of abortions performed in Minnesota dropped 8% last year compared to 2019, to the lowest level since 1974, the Minnesota Department of Health reported July 1.
Four people will be honored Jan. 22 with the 13th annual St. John Paul II Champions for Life Awards, which recognize individuals who strive to protect life at all stages. Awardees are Kate Fischer, a parishioner of Nativity of our Lord in St. Paul; Art and Mary Lou Junker, parishioners of St. Mary in Stillwater; and Ruby Kubista, a parishioner of St. Agnes in St. Paul.
The number of abortions performed in Minnesota in 2018 declined by 2 percent to 9,910 from 10,134 the year before, according to an annual report on abortions released June 30 by the Minnesota Department of Health.
Carla Stream, a member of the post-abortion awareness campaign, Silent No More Minnesota, described proposed state legislation that MCCL will promote during the 2018 session to enable abortion-seeking women to see their babies during ultrasounds.
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life President Leo LaLonde called Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton’s Dec. 13 appointment of Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to the U.S. Senate “overwhelmingly disappointing to the state’s pro-life majority."
